Congress accurately reflects the majority of "the American People". Economically illiterate, apathetic, and irresponsible. Most don't have a clue what they have lost, or the scope of the disaster looming on the horizon. Give them "bread and circuses", they will never revolt. - Roman poet Juvenal.
Here is the biggest problem with the news coverage of the Fiscal Cliff. The only message coming through was President Obama's message: that he was trying to save the middle class from a tax increase by raising taxes on the rich. On the Republican side, the message was…well…it was a muddled mess.
Republicans seem to have great difficulty reminding people that the George W. Bush tax cuts are the reason middle income families have not been paying about $2,000 more in taxes every year. The agreement President Obama just made with Congress saves about 80% of those tax cuts. It saves...
Oh wait, that's right, he changed it to "bread and spectacle," didn't he? I personally prefer the Spanish version of the idiom, "bread and bullfights." Maybe I've never been to a real circus, but that doesn't seem like it would keep me from revolting...